On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 06:04 +0000, Judy wrote: > 1. Re Setting up Broadband: I read a couple of internet postings > dated 2006 from people saying they were experiencing problems > setting-up Tiscali broadband with Linux.
This referred to USB ADSL modems. A particularly awful piece of hardware that left all the hard work to the computer. It meant the hardware could be fairly simple, and that the consumer would not have an easy time sharing their broadband connection with other machines. Thankfully these have pretty much disappeared. The fight against internet connection sharing has been lost, and routers got so affordable that ISPs starting giving those away for free instead. > 1. Hardware / Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD3200 1GB hyper, will it > provide maximum resolution in Linux? Any known problems? As far as resolution goes you shouldn't have a problem with the HD3200, but if you want to watch full-screen movies or play any 3D games I would go for a lower card in the series. If you could give me a list of your ATI Radeon options, I can tell you which will work fully. (ATI Radeon is the way to go as they actively support linux driver development. However, information for newer cards takes a while to clear their legal department and then has to be turned into driver code. As such, full linux support is about two card generations behind.) Regards, Tony V. P.S. DHCP refers to "dynamic host configuration protocol", it's how a router automatically gives out an IP address to connected computers. You will still have to set up mail servers (SMTP, IMAP), but details like IP address & DNS server are automatically filled in with DHCP.
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